Mark and I recently went to a party. I’ve never been a big party person; more than once in high school and college (at the height of most people’s partying lives), I’ve called at the last minute to tell the host of a party that I couldn’t attend, because (although I never admitted this) I [...]
Posts under ‘alcoholism’
Unmanageability in Burn After Reading
I've been working on Step 1 and thinking about unmanageability in my own life and had one of those lovely moments of coincidence last weekend when my husband Mark and I went to see Burn After Reading, a funny, clever movie just drowning in unmanageable lives.WARNING: Spoilers from here on out!(See, I bet you wish [...]
No Need for 12 Step, Just Loosen Up!
Warning! This post contains sarcasm. Those with sarcasm allergies are strongly advised to consult a doctor before reading. Image credit: Photo by kk+ on Flickr Licensed under Creative Commons I was reading The Huffington Post (my source for all things sex related), when I came across a piece called "Am I a Slut or Do [...]
Capitalizing on Addiction
Image credit: Photo by hellochris on Flickr A year ago, when I was trying to get through to my husband that we were spending faster than we were earning and that our credit cushion was wearing dangerously thin, he had a brilliant idea, "Let's get another credit card." Yep. We're running out of credit, we'll [...]
Calling Addicts and Those who Love Them
Image credit: Photo byEleaf on Flickr As I mentioned yesterday, I'm planning to write an ebook for partners of sex addicts who are in the early stages of coming to terms with addiction. I already have a lot of ideas for what I want to address in the book; after all, I just have to [...]
Confused Recovery Nerds on Hancock
Will Smith's Hancocktells us we deserve better. Mark and I went out to see Hancock last night. We were really looking forward to this one: July 4th weekend opening, Will Smith, superhero antics and alcoholism. It was slated to have everything! And the first half of the movie delivered on its blockbuster promises. Will Smith [...]
Acceptance
Photo credit: Image byLeonard John Matthews on Flickr I was thinking I'd take today off from blogging, but in my blog reading today, I came across something on acceptance that I'd like to share. My husband's absolute favorite line from the AA Big Book is "acceptance is the answer to all my problems today." When [...]
Dirty Words
Photo credit: Photo bychristopherdale on Flickr When I was younger, my best friend Vickie and I used to hide under the stairs in the basement of my house and whisper curse words to each other in an elementary school act of defiance. "Asshole," I would say, and giggle. "Shit," she would whisper back, covering her [...]
Recovery Nerds on Iron Man
It's my favorite time of year: summer movie season! My husband and I love few things more than a summer blockbuster. This year, to ensure that we didn't miss a spectacular moment and yet had a smooth decision making process, we each gave numerical ratings to the hottest upcoming movies and tallied up the averages [...]
Circles within Circles (or Understanding the Stars — and Eliot Spitzer)
Three weeks ago, Eliot Spitzer was Governor of New York and the model of an upstanding citizen. Two weeks ago, he became embroiled in scandal and admitted to hiring prostitutes. The media was all over the story: less dissecting it, than tearing it apart like a school of piranha. It boiled up and died down, [...]
